Reggie

What Reggie means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Reggie yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1979, with 318 babies; 85 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Reggie?

US: Rising: up from #2145 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #91 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1979, when 318 boys got the name (#455 that year). First in the US records in 1906.

How common

• About 1 in 20,095 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 207 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 298 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in UT (0.36 per 1,000 boys), WA (0.18 per 1,000 boys), PA (0.11 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Reggie is #1852 in the US and #37 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 87.6% of US babies named Reggie were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

If you like Reggie

Boys

• Peter#187“stone, rock”^*
• Thomas#34“twin”^*
• Jesse#184Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1981, with 10,443 babies; 2,002 in 2025
• James#6“May He Heel”^*
• John#23possibly “God is gracious”^*
• Mark#244Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1960, with 58,727 babies; 1,416 in 2025

For a sister

• Margaret#112“pearl”^*
• Maria#87Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1964, with 10,148 babies; 2,887 in 2025
• Mary#125Same root as Miriam, possibly meaning “bitter”^*
• Diana#244“goddess”^*
• Sara#198Variant of Sarah, meaning “masters, princes”^*
• Rachel#250“ewe”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Reggie’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.